AQUIFOLIACEAE. ILEX 79 



cortice sordide griseo dense rimuloso et asperulo obtecti, triennes 4-5 

 mm. crassi, hornotini dense et breviter subvillosulo-hirtelli, tarde v. 

 non glabrescentes, obsolete longitudinali-striolati. Folia usque quar- 

 tum in annum in ramulis remanentia, interstitiis usque 11 mm. longis 

 dissita; stipulis e basi crassa subulatis plus minus persistentibus, cal- 

 losis vix 1 mm. longis, interdum indumento reconditis, brevissime 

 (1-vix 2 mm. longe) petiolata; petiolo quam lamina 15-38-plo breviore, 

 supra medio longitudinali-impresso ; lamina anguste decurrente mar- 

 ginato, sub lente valida saepe pulvereo-puberulo v. subglabro, basi 

 usque 1.5 mm. crasso, parvula, ovalia v. ovata usque oblonga, margine 

 anguste recurvato, spinose denticulato-serrato, denticulis porrectis 

 in spinulas singulas ciliiformes 1-2 mm. longas angustatis, basi obtusa 

 v. cuneato-obtusa raro subcuneata, apice acuta v. subacuminata et 

 plerumque in spinulam angustata, 2.5-3.8 cm. longa, 1-1.8 cm. lata, 

 coriacea v. tenaciter et rigidule coriacea, i. s. supra nitidula, brunneo- 

 v. subflavo-olivacea, subtus vix pallidiora, glabra, costa media supra 

 insculpta, subtus prominente, nervis lateralibus utrinque circ. 4-7 sub 

 angulo 40-60 patentibus, rectis v. plerumque paullulum ad basin versus 

 arcuatis v. plus minusve sub-^-formiter curvatis, iuxta marginem laxe 

 reticulatis, supra tenuissime insculptis v. plane obsoletis, subtus promi- 

 nentibus vel prominulis, reticulo subtus prominulo. Inflorescentiae in 

 foliorum axillis fasciculatae, ? tantum notae, 1-florae, pedicellis sub 

 drupa brevissimis, vix 2 mm. longis, sub lente brevissime pulvereo- 

 puberulis, prophyllis medio pedicello insertis, crassis v. subscariosis, 

 deltoideis et basi utrinque unidenticulatis, sub lente valida parce et 

 breviter ciliolatis, 1-1.25 mm. longis; flores ovario bimero ex- 

 cepto 4-meri, ipsi ignoti; calyx sub drupa 4-lobus, 2-3 mm. diam., 

 lobis late deltoideis obtusis v. subrotundatis, circ. 1 mm. longis, paene 

 2 mm. latis. Drupa i. s. ellipsoidea, stigmate discoideo coronata, i. v. 

 rubra, i. s. rugosa, circ. 7 mm. longa, 5-6 mm. lata, exocarpio tuni- 

 cato, mesocarpio carnoso, 2-pyrena, pyrenis subsemiovoideis (i. e. 

 forma dimidiae ovi medio longitudinaliter persecti parti similibus), 

 circ. 5.5 mm. longis, 3^4 mm. latis, lignescentibus et tenacibus, longi- 

 tudinaliter a basi ad apicem dorso stobpalmatim 5-striolatis, ventre 

 circ. 2-striolatis, seminibus non visis. 



Western Szech'uan: Chien-shi Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1500 m., 

 September 15, 1908 (No. 996); Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1500 m., Octo- 

 ber 1908 (No. 996 a ). 



Most nearly related to 7. dipyrena Wallich, which differs in the leaves being 

 more than twice as large and in its glabrous or at least nearly glabrous branchlets. 



